Republic Airport plays host to Pan Am TV show

Local fans of the hit ABC show “Pan Am” may notice a familiar setting in an upcoming episode.

The show spent this week at Republic Airport in Farmingdale shooting aviation scenes for an upcoming episode, featuring star Christina Ricci. Production is expected to wrap today with the crew leaving tomorrow, Airport Director Michael Geiger said.

This is “Pan Am’s” second time at Republic Airport. Geiger said the show filmed parts of its pilot episode, which aired on Sept. 25, at the Farmingdale airport. While the show was set up at the airport for the majority of the week, Geiger said it did not impact arriving or departing flights at the facility because the runways were not being used for filming.

Republic has played host to several other big and small screen features as well. Part of the movie “Salt” was filmed there, while popular shows “Boardwalk Empire,” “Ugly Betty,” “Royal Pains” and “The Colbert Report” have also filmed at the location.

“Pan Am” is the first production to shoot at the airport in 2011, Geiger said, adding there were no plans in the immediate future for any more shoots this year, although most production companies only give the airport two to four weeks advanced notice.